Just as schools begin to reopen, many are closing again as COVID-19 surges:...
Suburban Chicago school district officials who have faced pressure from parents demanding that schools reopen will be forced to make day-to-day decisions as COVID-19 cases rise.
View ArticleDaywatch: A ‘second surge’ of COVID-19 cases, schools close as virus roars...
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View ArticleNative American tribes make new move to shut down flow of oil in Dakota...
Native American tribes opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline once again have asked a federal judge to stop the flow of oil while the legal battle over the line’s future plays out.
View ArticleChicago 7 prosecutor: ‘They were going to try to destroy our trial. And they...
Former federal prosecutor Dick Schultz, 82, is the last living attorney from either side of the Chicago 7 trial.
View Article‘New York, California, and Illinois, your states are way too highly taxed,...
Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others....
View ArticleMan whose Burge-related case imploded this month seeks investigation of...
Attorneys for a man whose third trial for a 1982 cop killing dissolved in dramatic fashion this month want to recoup more than half a million dollars from prosecutors as punishment for “an unparalleled...
View ArticleHamburger Mary’s latest Chicago restaurant closing due to the COVID-19...
Here is a running list of Chicago-area bars and restaurants that have closed for economic reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleVoters line up in Wisconsin as early in-person voting begins
Voters across Wisconsin lined up Tuesday to cast their ballots on the first day of early in-person voting in the presidential battleground state.
View Article5 states added to Chicago’s travel quarantine order: ‘We all need to double...
Five more states, including Ohio, were added to Chicago’s travel quarantine order while none were removed, city officials announced Tuesday. Starting Friday, travelers heading from Colorado, Ohio,...
View ArticleIndiana adds 48 coronavirus deaths as hospitalizations grow; Lake County tops...
Indiana’s total death toll has grown to 4,008, including confirmed and presumed coronavirus infections, since the state’s first death was reported in mid-March, according to the state health department.
View Article5 states added to Chicago’s travel quarantine list this week. Here’s what you...
Chicago health officials put Wisconsin back on the city's travel quarantine list, while also adding back Idaho and Puerto Rico. Montana and Minnesota were added for the first time. Here’s what you need...
View ArticleFeds say man accused in Bridgeport bank collapse tried to contact widow of...
A man at the center of a fraud investigation into a failed Bridgeport bank improperly tried to contact the widow of the bank’s CEO, who was found hanged in the home of a customer three years ago,...
View Article7 charged in flying squirrel trafficking ring that extended from Florida to...
Seven people have been charged in a Florida-based international flying squirrel trafficking scheme in which thousands of the creatures were exported to Asia, state conservation officials said Monday.
View ArticleNew O’Hare runway, set to open Nov. 5, will send arriving flights over...
A new O’Hare Airport runway that is expected to send flights over Chicago and Park Ridge neighborhoods is scheduled to open next month.
View ArticleUS Rep. Lauren Underwood through the years
Upon being sworn in, U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood will represent Illinois' 14th District and will become the youngest Black woman in U.S. history to serve in the House when she takes the oath.
View ArticleLake County Health Department calls on schools to immediately end in-person...
The Lake County Health Department recommended that all public and private schools in the county currently educating children in the classroom immediately return to virtual learning because of the...
View ArticleCity releases information on arrests, attorney visits after legal aid group sues
The Chicago Police Department released arrest data to a nonprofit legal aid group after it filed a lawsuit seeking the data last week.
View ArticleHere’s when Chicago received its first snow of the fall season, going back...
Chicago's first fall snow of 2019 arrived on Oct. 30. At O'Hare International Airport, the city's official recording site, 0.9 inch fell as of 7 a.m. Here's how this total compares to other first...
View ArticleState Sen. Jim Oberweis through the years
Jim Oberweis has been a Republican Illinois state senator since 2013. He ran unsuccessfully for governor, 2006; ran unsuccessfully for U.S. senator, 2002, 2004, 2014; ran unsuccessfully in the old 14th...
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